The Book Lover's

Distinguished scholar and library systems innovator Frederick Kilgour tells a five-thousand-year story in this exciting work, a tale beginning with the invention of writing and concluding with the emerging electronic book. Calling on a lifetime of interest in the growth of information technology, Kilgour brings a fresh approach to the history of the book, emphasizing in rich, authoritative detail the successive technological advances that allowed the book to keep pace with ever-increasing needs for information.

Hanan Townshend is an acclaimed film composer based in Seattle, Washington. Townshend has composed music for numerous feature films, docs, commercials and tv shows, including frequent collaborations with Palme d’Or winning director Terrence Malick and three time Oscar-winning DP/director Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki. He has scored over a dozen feature films and written music for numerous domestic and international commercials for companies such as Apple, Volvo, Guinness and American Express.Townshend pulls very deeply from his upbringing in rural New Zealand living up on the ocean – his music is a reflection of the poetic soundscapes of his home country, the eager patterns of popular music, and the refinement of his studies in art composition. Townshend has a penchant for approaching film music from a less conventional perspective and producing emotional work that leaves the listener feeling something deeply.